Dereham Taverners Sunday Veterans Football Club

27/09/2026

🏆 NORFOLK FA VETERANS CUP | FIRST ROUND

What a way to start the season.

An emphatic 10–1 victory over Rocklands in our first competitive game of the 2026/27 season sees the Tavs safely through to the next round of the Norfolk FA Veterans Cup. 🔥

⚽ Bevis x3
⚽ Fuller x2
⚽ Jones x2
⚽ Houghton
⚽ Athurton
⚽ Pask

A massive thank you to the 100+ people who came down to Neatherd High School 3G to watch and support the lads. 👏

To have that sort of crowd there for our first competitive game of the season was brilliant and hugely appreciated by everyone involved with the club.

The lads also got to model our fantastic new home shirts for the first time, proudly sponsored by Fenscape Fencing. A massive thank you for their support of the club. 👕👏

Thank you as always to all of our club sponsors:

Fenscape Fencing
Bin Dr
Football Against Dementia 25
Cozens Group
The Railway Tavern Dereham

And a special thank you to Tony Perkins of Dereham, our match sponsor for today. 🤝

Interested in sponsoring the Tavs or supporting one of our upcoming fixtures?

📧 [email protected]

🎥 Keep an eye out across all our socials for footage from Sean Button, The Non League Videographer, with the goals and highlights from today’s emphatic win coming soon.

⚫🔵 UP THE TAVS! 🔵⚫

23/09/2026

This Sunday 27th Sept the Tavern Old Boys make their return to the pitch after years away!!

Our matchday sponsor is Tony Perkins Butchers Dereham, see below an overview of the business.

Tony Perkins Butchers in Dereham is a traditional local butcher offering a wide range of fresh meat, including beef, pork, lamb and poultry. They also produce their own sausages, burgers, bacon and other prepared products, alongside homemade pies, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and other deli items.

The shop also has a deli offering cooked meats, cheeses and speciality foods, as well as hot food to take away. Customers can order online for collection or delivery, and the business also provides specialist butchery services, including bespoke cuts and dry ageing.

Find them in Dereham on Norwich street, opposite Bombay Indian restaurant.

18/09/2026

✍️ NOBBY IS BACK.

Some players just belong at a football club.

A Taverner through and through, Nobby returns for the 2026/27 season having turned down plenty of interest from clubs higher up the pyramid to pull the shirt on again.

Loyalty. 🤝

Quick, a proper footballer and armed with an absolute weapon of a left foot. 🚀

And if there’s a camera anywhere within a 50-yard radius, you can guarantee he’ll find it. 🤳😂

Great to have you back where you belong, Nobby. 🖤💛

Once a Taverner, always a Taverner.

17/09/2026

Some signings don’t need many words.

Statement made. 💥

Welcome to Dereham Taverners, Jake Anema. ✍️⚽

05/08/2026

Hi everyone please vote for the The Railway Tavern in the link below ❤️

https://www.facebook.com/share/1G3xWWvzFY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Which Breckland pub gets your vote?

The finalists for Breckland’s Pub of the Year have been announced, and now it’s up to you to choose the winner!

Check out the finalists and cast your vote: https://www.breckland.gov.uk/business-growth/business-awards/pub-of-the-year

04/08/2026

The 🌎 wants to see this WAW

04/08/2026

If you want some Norfolk…

The Wealdstone Raider is gonna give it ya!

Gordon has a few words for the Tavs opponents and for a certain teammate 🦓

04/08/2026

🚨 SIGNING #12… THE WAIT IS OVER! 🚨

After days of rumours, wild guesses and enough transfer speculation to keep Fabrizio Romano busy for a month…

We can finally reveal our mystery signing for the 2026/27 season…

THE WEALDSTONE RAIDER! ✍️🦁
The Wealdstone Raider

Some questioned the transfer… some said he’d never leave the terraces… others claimed he’d been spotted doing a medical outside the Tav.

But we’re delighted to confirm the deal is done.

The Raider has already addressed the dressing room and had a special message for every vets side in Norfolk… and one of his new teammates…

“You want some? I’ll give it ya!

We’re still waiting on confirmation of his preferred position. Centre-half? Centre-forward? Touchline motivator? Professional wind-up merchant?

One thing’s for sure… we’ve definitely won the transfer window.

Welcome to the Tavs, Raider! 💛🖤

#12️⃣

02/08/2026

FULL TIME ✅

Not many things in football are more annoying than seeing teams post “Trialist A” and then massively overhype a pre-season result…

…so we thought we’d have a go at both. 😂

Let’s be honest, vets pre-season probably shouldn’t even exist. Half the squad are still sat in their Speedos in Benidorm, another quarter are pretending they’ve “done a calf” after 20 minutes, and everyone else is checking if Deep Heat counts as aftershave.

With 9 of our new signings announced this week unavailable, there was still plenty to be pleased about. The Zebra Kid marked his Taverners debut with a hat-trick, although unfortunately for Roy Bevis those goals won’t be added to his modest tally of 10,273,638 local goals… this one doesn’t count! 🤣

A special mention to Trialist A, who definitely caught the eye today. It’s been great to see players from higher divisions showing an interest in joining the Tavs, and if today’s performance is anything to go by, he certainly didn’t disappoint.

A big thank you to Salhouse for the game and for their hospitality. We wish them all the best for the season ahead. 🤝

Finally, spare a thought for the physios and masseurs across Norfolk… blazing sunshine, an artificial pitch and a load of ageing footballers is a combination that should probably be banned under the Geneva Convention. 🌞🥵😂

🦁⚽